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THEEVENT

The 7th Dental Facial Cosmetic Int’l Conference (#DFCIC) 2015 in Dubai closed with a total of 2463 participants. The event built on the success of last years conference and added several significant new values. Several significant events took place during the 5 Days of Continuing Dental Education (#CME) including 4th American Academy of Implant Dentistry Global Conference, 3rd Dental Hygienist Day (#DHD), 19 (#CME)Hands-On Courses, Election of Emirates Dental Society, 25th Annual Meeting of #ICD and the Excellence #Dentistry Awards 2015 in Aesthetic. Next to that, the event welcomed all newcomers, providers and experts from 34 countries that gathered during the five conference days at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai.

Theorganizers,#CAPPandEmiratesDentalSocietywiththeexclusivepartnershipofSaudiDentalSocietyandLebaneseDentalAssocia2onachievedforthe7th2meagreatrecordofa]endanceandestablishedareputa2onasthe industry’s leading interna2onalconferenceandprovingthepopularityoftheevent.

43Sponsors/Exhibitors53speakers

2463par2cipantsinterna2onallyHighsa=sfac=onrateamong

delegates,exhibitorsandvisitors

53 Interna2onal speakers from USA, Saudi Arabia, India,Brazil, UK, Switzerland, Chile, Greece, Italy, UAE, Denmark,Germany, Singapore, South Africa, Costa Rica presented thelatestin#Aesthe2cDen2stry.

Dr.ShankerIyer Dr.ShaideChoonara Dr.CarlosSabrosa Dr.AsimAl-Ansari

Dr.CherylPearson Dr.CostaNicolopoulos&Dr.FokionIatridis

Dr.GaetanoPaolone Dr.JamesLozada

Dr.JulianGu2errez&Dr.MunirSilwadi

Dr.MarioBesek Dr.RoderickStewart Dr.SamarMashabi

Dr.StavrosPelekanos Dr.StuartOrton-Jones

Dr.T.C.Phua Dr.MarkusBalkenhol

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THESPEAKERSTopicsincluded#CeramicVeneers,abutmentsolu2ons,essenceofshades,InvisibleAligners,Oralprophylac2csandmorewerepresentedinthethreedaysscien2ficprogram.

A total of 2,463 international and regional delegates from different specialties attend to the conference and hands on courses.

Therewere41differentcountriesrepresentedwithinthetwodayconference.

• Australia,Bahrain,Bulgaria,Canada,Chile, Egypt, England, Finland,France,Germany,Greece,India,Iran,Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan,PalesDne, Poland, Qatar, Russia,Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Spain, Sudan,Syria, United Kingdom, USA, YemenandtheUAE.

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The exhibi2on provided great business opportuni2es forallpar2es–delegates,visitorsandtrade.Thecompaniesbenefited from mee2ng new clients in a relaxing andexclusive environment with delegates having theopportunity to see latest novel2es in the market. Asusual, this interac2on was an excellent source ofinforma2onideas,newservicesandproducts.

16Sponsors–Sirona,IvoclarVivavent,3MESPE,Kerr,Oral-B,KaVo,MACInterna2onal,HeraeusKulzer,Carestream,Coswell,VITA,PhilipsSonicare,HenrySchein,SouthernImplants,Invisalign,Shofu.22industrialPlayers–EMS,Hu-Friedy,NOBLE,Bicon,PharmaLink,AlThanaya,SMSMedical&DentalSupplies,Drs.Nicolas&Asp,CastleGeneralTrading,Astral,Scorpions,Sapling,Curaden,MDent,DubaiMedicalEquipment,Horani,Qualident,InmanAligner,Opera2onSmile,FABNOS,JCIMedicalSolu2ons,HighTechnologyLab.5MediaPartners–DentalTribuneMiddleEast,DentalTribuneInterna2onal,DentalNews,DentalMediumJournal,Interna2onalDen2stryMagazine.

Thank you to all!

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19Hands-OnCourses11-15Nov2015

5 Days full of CME

3rd Dental Hygienist Day included hot topicpresenta2ons on oral care, preven2on,evidence-basedden2stry,oralprophylaxis,earlychildhood caries preven2on, how diets effectoral health, periodontal disease, diabetes,magnifica2on and ergonomics as well asprobio2csfromanoralanddentalperspec2ve.9Interna2onal Speakers gave their bestinterpreta2ons of what is best for the DentalHygienistprofession.

ThefulldayiTOPhands-oncoursewasgivenby Dr. Franka Baranovic-Huber fromSwitzer land. A further Per iodontalInstrumenta2on hands-on course (14November) provided by Mary Rose PincelliBoglione, Italy on miniaturized instrumentsin non-surgical periodontal therapy andfurtherhowpolishingwillbrightenthesmile.

4thAAIDGlobalConferenceJointMee2ngwith7thDFCIC

This7thedi2onofourDFCICfeaturesajointmee2ngwiththeAmericanAcademyofImplantDen2stry(AAID).Duringthissession,theAAIDsharedtheirvastknowledgeandexperienceaswellasthelatestinthefieldofImplantDen2stry.

Dr. Shanker Iyer, USA

Dr. Cheryl Pearson, USA

Dr. Roderick Stewart, Canada

Dr. James Lozada, USA

Dr. Stuart Orton-Jones, UK

AAIDTeam

InmanAlignerAcademySymposium-JointMeeDngwith7thDFCIC#Inman Aligner Academy had a pleasure to hosttheir annual symposium 2015 is DUBAI as a jointmee2ng with the 7th Dental Facial Cosme2c Int’lConference(#DFCIC).Theeventbroughttogetheraline-up of excellent speakers and interna2onaldelegatesfromacrosstheglobe.

IAHands-OnCourses13&15Nov2015TheNewConceptofAlignment…(InmanAligner)–Cer2fica2on|Dr.TifQureshi

TheNewConceptofAlignment…(InmanAligner)–Advanced|Dr.JamesRussell

IAUPDATECOURSE|Dr.JamesRussell&Dr.TifQureshi

PosterPresenta=ons14Nov2015

Yearaperyeardelegatesfromacrosstheregiontravelto#DFCICinDubaitopresenttheirlatest scien2fic cases, studies and novel2es through poster presenta2ons. Posterpresenta2ons allow the author to meet and get introduced informally with interestedviewers, facilita2ng greater exchange of ideas and networking opportuni2es. This is animportant introductory for inves2gators at important scien2fic mee2ngs such as the#DFCIC. This year was no different with a total of 5 winners with each receivingapprecia2onsnotonly fromtheorganizersbutaswellas sponsoredawards fromPhilipsSonicare.Thewinnerswerecategorizedbyanexperienced jury ledbyDr.AishaSultan–PresidentofEmiratesDentalSociety togetherwithDr.NabeelAlNahhas,FacultyofGulfMedialUniversityAjmanandDr.NadimAboujaoude,ICDMember,Lebanon.

The Winners: Dr. Shobha J Rodrigues

Dr. Julieta Tavares

Dr. Fawaz Dhafer Alshehri Dr. AbdulAzm

Dr. Al-Salem

The #Aesthe2csAwards broughttogether the regions verybest&mostcommi]ed denta l c l in ic ians inAesthe2cs Den2stry. The Award hasbeen designed to recognize thewinners for the i r outs tand ingcommitmenttoaesthe2cden2stryandtheir ongoing pledge to provide theirpa2ents with the highest possiblehealthcare.Onbehalfoftheorganizerswe would like to extend our specialthankyoutothewinners.

ExcellenceAwards2015inAesthe=cDen=stry13Nov2015

Thank you to our sponsors for the Awards

25thAnnualMee=ngofICD14Nov2015

Theeventtookplaceon14thNovemberatJumeirahBeachHotel,sponsoredbySironaandhosted by CAPPmea. Thismarked the 25thmilestone AnnualMee2ng of the ICDwith itstopicfocusingon“AchievingOp2mumEsthe2cs”.TheeventfeaturedspeakerssuchasProf.RichardSimonsen,USA,Dr.MunirSilwadi,UAE,Dr.AliAl-Ehaideb,Dr.Nine]eBanday,Dr.NadimAboujaoude,Dr.NaserAlHamlan,Dr.GeorgesTawilandDr.KhalidSaid.

ICDMEOfficersinclude:President:Dr.AliAl-Ehaideb;PresidentElectDr.GeorgesTawil;VicePresidentDr.AishaSultan;PastPresidentDr.RiadBacho;RegistrarDr.NadimAboujaoude;TreasurerDr. IbrahimNasseh; CouncilorDr.CedricHaddad; DeputyTreasurerDr. ZuhairSalamoun;RegentD1Dr.AndreSacyandRegentD2Dr.Em2yazTurkistani.

Elec=onofEmiratesDentalSociety13Nov2015TheeventwashostedbyCAPPmea.TheDentalSocietyoftheEmiratesMedicalAssocia2onhelditsdentalboardelec2ontoelectanewboardonNovember13,2015aspartofthe7thDental Facial Cosme2c Int’l Conference. EDS and CAPP have enjoyed a long las2ng strongcollabora2onoverthelast10yearsandthiseventisanexampleofthepartnershipbetweenthetwo ins2tu2ons.AllmembersoftheEDSwere invitedtoa]endthis importantelec2onwhich supported theEDS in itsmission to improve the standardofden2stry in the region.Throughout the period of Dr. Aisha Sultan as the President of the EDS, one of the mostmemorable achievements was her elec2on as the President of the Asia Pacific DentalFedera2on for the period 2014-2015 and to successfully host the Asia Pacific DentalConferenceinDubaiforthefirst2meoutsideofAsiaandintheMiddleEast.Itisimportanttocon2nue the strong progress and evolu2on of the dental profession in the United ArabEmirates.

Whatdidtheysay

“ExcellentDiversityofspeaker”

“Goodjob”

“Goodspeakers”

“Greatmaterialpresented”

“Totallyworthcoming”

“Ienjoyedmorningsessionalot”

“Tiptoncourse:Ijustwantedtothankyouforsuchanamazingworkshop...itwasanhonormee2ngyou.Sendmygree2ngtothepinkladyLisaJ.”

-Dr.OmarAlhin=

“Itisalwaysrefreshingwhenyouseeanengagedaudience,peoplenoddingtheirheadsandreallylistening.”

-Dr.SamarMashabi,Speaker

“Iamgratefultobeinvitedtothisconference,Iamimpressedwiththelevelofspeakersandwasgratefultobegiventheplawormtogivemypointofview”

-Dr.SahideChoonara,Speaker

“OnbehalfofGMU,IwouldliketoThankyouforyourkindhospitalityduringthe7thDentalFacialCosme2cConferenceconductedinDubaiandforthemutualpartnershipshowed.”

-Dr.NabeelSafwatAlNahass,HODProsthodon=standImplantConsultant,GulfMedicalUniversity

“Thankyousomuchforbeingsowelcoming,Ihadagreat2meandreallyenjoyedlecturing.Nine]e,youweresograciousandprofessional!Hopefullythea]endeesenjoyedmylecture.Thankyoufortheevalua2onfeedback,italwayshelpstoknowwhattheaudienceisthinking.Any2meyouneedaspeakerpleasecall,Iwouldlovetopresentagain.”

-Dr.CherylPearson,AAIDSpeaker

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“Areyousokindtoforwardmycongratula2onstoDrMollovaforthequalityofthespeakersandthehighlevelofthelectureswehadthisyear!Itwasreallyagreatpleasureandano-waste-of-2metoa]end.Hopeshewillcon2nueonthesameway.”

-Dr.MarcoFEDELE,SWISSDENTALCLINIC

“IespeciallywanttothankyouforyourhospitalityintheEmirates.Itmademefeelwelcomedandrelaxed.Ilookforwardtoanopportunitytoreturnthefavor.Onceagain,thankyouforthisopportunity.

-Dr.RoderickStewartDDS

“ExcitedtobepartoftheDFCICandIthinkyouguysdoingagreatjobintermsofpuyngthegrouptogether.Iamveryhappytobepartofthisorganiza2on.Iamproudtobeapartofthespeakerlineup.”

-Dr.ShankerIyer,AAID

“Iamamazedwiththeeventandorganiza2on,verymul2na2onal,manypeoplearound,interac2veaudience.Itisfantas2ctobeforthefirst2meinDubai,itwasveryinteres2ng”

-Dr.CarlosSabrosa

“Itwasveryimpressive,veryimpressivetoseetheauditorium,thepar2cipantsandIreallyenjoyedthesupport.”

-Prof.Dr.MarkusBalkenhol

“Itwasgreatbeinghere”

“Whatagoodday”

“Keepupthegoodwork”

“Excellentconference”

Whatdidtheysay

CharityIni=a=veatthe7thDFCICDuring the 7th Edi2on of theDental Facial Cosme2c Int’lConferenceCAPPhadanhonortohos t Opera2on Smi le UAE( O S U A E ) . O S U A E i s a ninterna2onal children’s charitycommi]ed to saving lives andallowing children with cleps tosmile properly for the first 2me.We do this by providing freesurgeries and aper care to thoseaffected. Since our founding in1982wehaveprovidedmorethan200,000 free surgeries to childrenand young adults around thewor ld and over 2 m i l l i oncomprehens i ve hea l t h ca reevalua2ons.

The organiza2on had a greatopportunityduringtheconferenceto recruit many new medicalvolunteers.

Thank you to all involved for the continuous support Formoreinforma2onontheOSUAEcanbefoundat:

www.arabemirates.opera2onsmile.org

ThankyouLookingforwardtoseeingyouin2016atthe11thCAD/CAM&DigitalDen2stry

Int’lConference&8thDentalFacialCosme2cInt’l

ConferenceinDubai!